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Veterans' Employment and Training Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1987

Veterans' Employment and Training Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to require the administrative head of the employment service in each State to assign local veterans' employment representatives (LVERs) to the staffs of local employment service offices. Outlines various functions to be performed by such LVERs in service to veterans in such employment area, including: (1) maintaining ties with the local community in order to keep business leaders aware of the availability of qualified veterans for employment; (2) encouraging business owners and labor unions to hire qualified veterans; (3) promoting, facilitating, and monitoring the participation of veterans in Federal and federally-funded employment and training programs; (4) working closely with Veterans Administration (VA) personnel engaged in providing counseling and rehabilitative services to veterans in identifying qualified disabled veterans who need employment; (5) assisting in securing and maintaining current information regarding available employment and training opportunities; and (6) assisting Federal and State agencies to obtain prosthetic and sensory aids and devices which enhance the employability of disabled veterans. Requires each LVER to be administratively responsible to his or her local employment service manager and provide periodic reports to such manager and to the Director for Veterans' Employment and Training regarding compliance with Federal law and regulations in the provision of such services to veterans. Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, to make available during each fiscal year for use in each State an amount sufficient to support a specified number of LVERs, depending upon the number of eligible veterans residing in such local employment area, and on the number of eligible veterans residing in such State at the end of the previous fiscal year. Outlines a method for determining the number of LVERs to be so supported in each State. Outlines requirements for the proper registration of an individual for assistance with a local employment office during a program year. Amends general veterans' administrative provisions to require the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to: (1) carry out all provisions under the Secretary's jurisdiction for the provision of employment and training services to eligible veterans; (2) encourage the entering into of cooperative agreements with private industry and business concerns in order to make maximum use of available resources; (3) ensure that maximum effectiveness and efficiency are achieved in the provision of services and assistance to eligible veterans; (4) ensure that job placement activities are carried out in coordination and cooperation with appropriate State public employment service officials; (5) monitor and supervise the distribution and use of funds provided for States for veterans' assistance purposes; (6) monitor the appointment of disabled veterans' outreach specialists and the assignment of LVERs in order to assure compliance with specified Federal provisions; and (7) promote, facilitate, and monitor participation of qualified veterans and eligible persons in employment and training opportunities under the Job Training Partnership Act and other Federal and federally-funded employment and training programs. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the distribution of funds and the terms and conditions of grants to States for the above purposes. Directs the Secretary to assign to each region for which the Secretary operates a regional office a representative of the Veterans' Employment and Training Service (who shall be an eligible veteran) to serve as the Regional Administrator for Veterans' Employment and Training in such region. Outlines responsibilities of such Regional Administrator relating to the employment of qualified veterans in such region. Establishes in the Department of Labor the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training within the Senior Executive Service. Requires such appointment no later than the beginning of program year 1989. Revises certain administrative provisions to provide for the budgeting of the National Veterans' Employment and Training Service Institute. Directs the Secretary, no later than December 1 annually, to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the provision of employment and training services to meet the needs of veterans. Specifies general contents of such report. Adds certain specified monitoring responsibilities to those required at the State level for the Directors for Veterans' Employment. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to establish and make available necessary funds to operate a National Veterans' Employment and Training Service Institute (the Institute) for the training of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, LVERs, State Directors and Assistant State Directors for Veterans' Employment and Training, and other personnel involved in the provision of employment, job-training, counseling, placement, and related services to veterans. Adds representatives of the Secretary of Education, the Postmaster General, and the Director of the ACTION Agency to those required to be represented on the Secretary of Labor's Committee on Veterans' Employment. Authorizes the Secretary, in appointing a State Director or Assistant Director for Veterans' Employment and Training, to waive the required State residency requirement if the Secretary finds that there is no qualified veteran available who meets such requirement.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to the Montgomery G.I. Bill, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to specify the amount of monthly basic pay to be deducted from the pay of an individual who makes no election with regard to participation in the basic educational assistance program (thereby, in effect, choosing to participate in such program). Makes identical changes with regard to the basic educational assistance program for members of the Selected Reserves. Requires a program of education to be approved before basic educational assistance for such program will be permitted. Prescribes the amount of monthly educational assistance payable to an individual pursuing a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-the-job training under such program. Requires that, in any month in which an individual pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-the-job training program fails to complete 120 hours of training, the amount of monthly educational assistance available to such individual shall be appropriately decreased. Requires an individual's entitlement to basic educational assistance to be charged at a specified rate for each month that an individual is paid a monthly educational assistance allowance.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health-care programs of the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs (the Administrator) to establish, at any Veterans Administration (VA) medical center at which significant medical or scientific research is carried out, a nonprofit research corporation to carry out and administer funding for approved research at such center. Requires any such nonprofit research corporation (NRC) to comply only with those Federal laws, rules, and regulations that apply generally to private nonprofit corporations. Requires the Administrator to dissolve such corporation if, at the end of the three-year period following its establishment, it is not recognized as a non-taxable entity under Internal Revenue Code regulations. Outlines administrative provisions concerning such NRCs, including the creation of a board of directors, general powers, and State laws applicable to such NRCs. Empowers the Inspector General of the VA with the right to examine the records of each NRC. Requires each NRC to submit annual reports to the Administrator on its activities. Requires each NRC board member and each VA employee involved in NRC functions to submit to the Administrator an annual statement certifying awareness of Federal conflict of interest regulations. Prohibits any NRC from being established after September 30, 1990. Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator to enter into agreements for the recruitment and retention of registered nurses at those VA medical centers with a significant shortage of registered nurses. Provides that any such agreement entered into will require the registered nurse to agree to serve in the VA for a period of time of not less than two nor more than four years. Authorizes the Administrator to pay incentive pay at specified rates for nurses consenting to enter into such agreements. Requires repayment to the VA by any registered nurse receiving such incentive pay and failing to complete the agreed-upon period of service. Allows the Administrator to authorize the use of the official seal and other symbols of the VA by any person who makes a significant gift or contribution to the Administrator for the support of special recreational activities which further the rehabilitation of disabled veterans. Prohibits any appropriation for a major medical facility project unless both the Senate and the House Veterans' Affairs Committees have adopted a resolution approving such project and setting forth the estimated cost of such project. Authorizes the Chief Medical Director of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery to waive certain license requirements for the appointment of a practical or vocational nurse or physical therapist if: (1) such person is to be employed in a research position having no direct responsibility for patient-care services; or (2) such person is to be employed in a country other than the United States and the licensure or registration of such person is in the country in which the person is to serve. Authorizes the Director to waive a required internship for employment as a psychologist if the position is a research or academic position with no responsibility for direct patient-care services. Authorizes the Administrator to make additional personnel appointments of pharmacists and occupational therapists within the VA for the care and treatment of veterans. Authorizes special pay for such medical personnel who agree to serve for a specified period of time. Authorizes the Veterans' Canteen Service to operate child day care centers at VA medical facilities for the care of the children of VA employees. Authorizes the Service to establish reasonable charges for the provision of such care. Requires the Administrator to assign suitable employees to the operation of such day care centers. Requires the Administrator, when entering into a contract which would convert an activity formerly performed by Federal employees into an activity performed by a Government contractor, to receive responsible bids from at least two financially autonomous bidders before such a contract may be awarded. Establishes an income limit for determining a veteran's eligibility for VA domiciliary care.

Robert Clifton Duncan, of Massachusetts, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, vice Donald Alden Hicks, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 6 October 1987

Fred S. Hoffman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Robert B. Sims, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 6 October 1987

A bill to allow the obsolete submarine United States ship Blenny to be transferred to the State of Maryland before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1987

Allows the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Blenny to be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the State of Maryland before the expiration of the otherwise-applicable 60-day congressional review period.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to funeral expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1987

Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs from refusing to pay for any portion of the funeral or burial expenses of a deceased veteran on the basis that such expense was paid for by the veteran before his or her death.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide child day care services to employees of Veterans' Administration medical centers.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1987

Directs the Veterans' Canteen Service to operate child day care centers at Veterans Administration (VA) medical facilities for the care of the children of VA employees. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide to the Service, without charge, support services and utilities. Authorizes the Service to establish reasonable charges for the provision of such care. Requires the Administrator to assign suitable employees to the operation of such day care centers.

Intelligence Oversight Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1987

Intelligence Oversight Act of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal provisions prohibiting the use of funds by or on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for covert action (special activities) in the absence of a presidential finding that such action is important for national security. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to ensure that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (intelligence committees) are kept fully and currently informed of special activities. (Current law imposes such duties on the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and agency heads but not on the President himself.) Declares that such activities shall ordinarily be conducted pursuant to consultations between the President and the intelligence committees prior to implementation of special activities. Requires the President to ensure that any illegal intelligence activity or significant intelligence failure is reported to the intelligence committees, as well as any corrective action taken or planned in connection with such illegal activity or failure. (Current law imposes this duty only on the DCI and agency heads, subject to certain conditions.) Provides statutory authority for the President to authorize special activities when necessary to support U.S. foreign policy objectives and when important to U.S. national security. (Current law does not provide express statutory authorization for special activities, nor does it require that the activities be necessary to support U.S. foreign policy objectives.) Requires that this determination be set forth in a finding that meets specified conditions: (1) that each finding be in writing, unless immediate action is required and time does not permit a written finding (in which case a written record of the President's decision would have to be contemporaneously made and reduced to a written finding as soon as possible but not later than 48 hours after the decision is made); (2) that each finding specify each U.S. Government entity authorized to fund or otherwise participate in such special activities; and (3) that each finding specify any third party, including any third country, whom it is contemplated will be used to fund or otherwise participate in the special activity. Prohibits a finding from authorizing any action inconsistent with or contrary to any U.S. statute. Requires the President to ensure that any such finding be reported to the intelligence committees as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours after it has been signed. Allows the President to limit access in extraordinary circumstances to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, but requires that he provide a statement of the reasons for limiting access. Requires the President to promptly notify the intelligence committees or, if applicable, the Members of Congress specified, of any significant change in any previously-approved special activities. Defines special activities to mean any activity conducted in support of national foreign policy objectives abroad which is planned and executed so that the role of the United States is not apparent or acknowledged publicly. Prohibits the use of U.S. funds for any special activity unless and until a presidential finding has been signed or otherwise issued in accordance with this Act.

United States Court of Military Appeals Improvements Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1987

United States Court of Military Appeals Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends general military law under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to revise provisions relating to the establishment and operation of the United States Court of Military Appeals (the Court). Establishes the Court under Article III of the U.S. Constitution (currently established under Article I), and allows judges appointed to the Court to hold office during good behavior. (Currently, such appointment is limited to 15 years.) Directs the Chief Justice of the United States (currently, the President) to designate a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals to sit as a judge of the Court in place of a temporarily absent judge of the Court. Authorizes the Chief Justice to designate a judge to replace a judge on the Court who has excused himself from hearing a certain case. Directs that a judge of the Court shall be eligible to take senior status under the same terms and conditions as apply to a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and shall be eligible to sit from time to time as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals as designated by the Chief Justice of the United States. Authorizes the Court to accept facilities and support furnished by the Department of Defense, directing the Secretary of Defense to furnish such support as requested by the Chief Judge of the Court. Exempts judges of the Court from payroll deductions for Federal retirement pay. Clarifies (by way of technical changes) that judges of the Court are to be considered Federal employees for purposes of other Federal retirement provisions. Urges and requests the President to nominate for appointment as judge of the Court each judge who is currently serving as judge on such Court. Authorizes each judge who is currently receiving retired pay from service on the Court to continue to receive such pay under current Federal law.

Agent Orange Disability Benefits Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1987

Agent Orange Disability Benefits Act of 1987 - Creates a rebuttable presumption, for purposes of veterans' disability benefits determinations, that, in the case of any veteran who performed active service in Vietnam, the disease of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was incurred in or aggravated by such service. Allows the presumption to be rebutted upon a showing that the veteran did not incur the disease during service performed in Vietnam or that the veteran was not exposed to herbicides while performing such service.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to require the Administrator of Veterans' Administration to consider the number of veterans residing in each State, and the projected changes in the number of veterans residing in each State, in acquiring and operating medical facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1987

Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to consider the current and projected number of veterans residing in each State when deciding where medical facilities should be constructed or acquired. Directs the Chief Medical Director, at the end of each fiscal year, to review the capacity of medical facilities and to determine the current and projected number of veterans residing in each State. Requires the Director to report such information to the appropriate congressional committees and to consider it when making recommendations for the apportionment of funds and level of funding for medical facilities.

A bill to provide interim extensions of collection of the Veterans' Administration housing loan fee and of the formula for determining whether, upon foreclosure, the Veteran's Administration shall acquire the property securing a guaranteed loan.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987

Extends until December 31, 1987, the following Federal provisions relating to the Veterans Administration (VA) housing loan guaranty program: (1) the collection from participating veterans of the VA housing loan fee; and (2) the formula for determining whether, upon foreclosure, the VA shall acquire the property securing a guaranteed loan.

A bill to allow the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Turbot to be transferred to Dade County, Florida.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987

Allows the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Turbot to be transferred to Dade County, Florida, before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period.

A bill to allow the obsolete submarine United States ship Turbot to be transferred to Dade County, Florida, before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987

Allows the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Turbot to be transferred to Dade County, Florida, before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period.

A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require legislative branch employees who are cleared for access to classified information to file an annual financial disclosure statement.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987

Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require legislative branch employees who are cleared for access to information with a security classification of secret or higher to file annual financial disclosure statements.

Defense Acquisition Corps Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1987

Defense Acquisition Corps Act of 1987 - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) a Defense Acquisition Corps (DAC) consisting of acquisition-related positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military departments, and certain defense agencies. Requires the Secretary to make appointments to the DAC from the best-qualified civilian applicants and military personnel. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulations a personnel system for civilian personnel within the DAC. Outlines information to be included in such regulations. Allows the Secretary to exempt civilian personnel of the DAC from any otherwise applicable competitive service requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation a merit pay system for such members of the DAC as the Secretary deems appropriate. Provides for the assignment of members of the DAC. Requires the Secretary, not later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to: (1) establish the DAC; (2) review existing acquisition-related positions in the military departments to determine which positions should be included in the DAC; and (3) make appointments to such positions. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation a Defense Acquisition University that includes existing acquisition-related defense schools.

A concurrent resolution recognizing the distinguished service of the Ohio National Guard and commending the members of the Ohio National Guard on the occasion of the bicentennial of its establishment.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1987

Declares that the Congress recognizes the distinguished service of the Ohio National Guard and commends the members of the Guard on the occasion of its bicentennial.

A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, to prohibit the Department of Defense from acquiring transportation services from countries which are signatories to the Warsaw Pact.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1987

Prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into a contract for transportation services with countries which are signatories to the Warsaw Pact, or with contractors who are citizens of such countries, with specified exceptions.

A bill to prohibit the Department of Defense from purchasing any product manufactured or assembled by Toshiba America, Incorporated, or Toshiba Corporation for the purpose of resale of such product in a military exchange store.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1987

Prohibits the Department of Defense from purchasing any product manufactured or assembled by Toshiba America, Incorporated, or Toshiba Corporation for the purpose of resale of such product in a military exchange store or in any other resale activity operated by the Department.

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the maximum rate of basic pay payable to civilian faculty members at the United States Naval Academy.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987

Exempts the civilian faculty at the United States Naval Academy from Federal employee pay limitations.

Stephen M. Duncan, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice James H. Webb, Jr., resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 7 August 1987

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act of 1987 - Title I: Beneficiary Travel - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay a specified amount of travel expenses (for travel to and from a Veterans Administration (VA) facility) to the following veterans: (1) veterans receiving service-connected disability benefits; (2) veterans receiving veterans' pensions; (3) a veteran whose annual income is below a specified amount; (4) a veteran whose travel to a VA facility is incident to a scheduled compensation and pension examination; and (5) a veteran whose travel to a VA facility is required to be performed by a special mode of travel and such travel is previously authorized or is necessary due to a medical emergency. Authorizes the Administrator to deduct from the amount otherwise payable a specified sum for each trip to or from a VA facility, with a specified limit on the amount to be so deducted from the payments to veterans who are required to make six or more trips to such facilities during a one-month period. Requires the amounts deducted to be adjusted whenever the travel rates are adjusted by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, prior to October 1 of the year involved, to make an allocation to each VA medical facility to enable the facility head to make payments for the travel expenses of veterans traveling to such facility. Outlines administrative provisions to be implemented whenever the head of such a facility demonstrates to the Chief Medical Director of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery that such facility was making travel expense payments at a level less than that authorized to be made at such facility. Allows funds given to a facility for such purpose but unexpended to be available for support of other authorized health care purposes. Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and appropriate representatives of veterans' service organizations, to facilitate the establishment of a program under which those organizations or individuals volunteering their services to the VA would take responsibility for the transportation, without reimbursement, to VA facilities of veterans who seek services or benefits from the VA. Directs the Administrator, no later than six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the implementation of the above provision. Title II: Medical Quality Assurance - Establishes in the Office of the Chief Medical Director an Office of the Medical Inspector General. Sets forth staffing requirements, including requiring not less than five assistant Medical Inspectors General. Requires the Medical Inspector General to: (1) monitor, review, and investigate any adverse incident experienced by a patient during the course of a patient's care at a VA facility; (2) conduct such reviews and investigations as considered necessary in relation to problems in the provision of health care to veterans, proposing to the Chief such corrective measures as are considered appropriate; and (3) have sole discretion in determining whether to investigate any incident involving patient care or the provision of health care to veterans. Directs the Medical Inspector General, no later than February 1 annually, to report to the Chief Medical Director and the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the activities of the Office of the Medical Inspector General during the preceding fiscal year, outlining certain information to be included in each such report. Requires the Medical Inspector General to be a member of all policymaking bodies within the Department of Medicine and Surgery that are concerned with the quality of health care provided in VA facilities. Directs the Administrator to transfer to the Office of the Medical Inspector General such funds as are necessary to support five full-time medical doctors and five full-time support personnel in the Office of the Medical Inspector General. Requires one of the eight Assistant Chief Medical Directors currently established under Federal law to specialize in health care quality assurance and to be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for quality assurance within the VA. Directs the Chief to ensure that all personnel of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery: (1) are periodically given an explanation of their areas of responsibility in the area of quality assurance; and (2) are advised that any failure to comply with such responsibilities will result in appropriate disciplinary action. Establishes in the VA's Office of the Inspector General the position of Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Quality Assurance Review (the Assistant Inspector), who shall be a qualified doctor of medicine appointed by the Inspector General. Outlines staffing requirements for the Assistant Inspector. Directs the Assistant Inspector to: (1) monitor the establishment and implementation of the health care quality assurance and risk management programs of the Department of Medicine and Surgery (the Department); (2) monitor the activities of the Medical Inspector General of the Department; (3) recommend that the Medical Inspector General conduct such investigations as the Assistant Inspector considers appropriate; (4) coordinate his or her activities with that of the Medical Inspector General; (5) review any investigation conducted by the Medical Inspector General concerning adverse incidents in the provision of health care to veterans and make recommendations for any additional action as considered appropriate; (6) monitor and analyze all information within the Department relating to quality assurance and risk management in order to identify data which still needs to be collected, and monitor the Department's analysis in the trends of health care provision; (7) make recommendations to the the Inspector General for corrective action on health care matters; and (8) monitor the implementation of recommendations for corrective action made to the Administrator by the Inspector General on health care matters. Directs the Inspector General of the VA, no later than February 1 annually, to submit to the Administrator and the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees a report containing a discussion of the activities undertaken by the Assistant Inspector during the preceding fiscal year in the areas of monitoring, review, investigations, and recommendations on the implementation of quality assurance and risk management in the area of veterans' health care. Title III: Readjustment Counseling - Postpones for one year the period for transition from the provision of veterans' readjustment counseling in facilities located primarily separate from VA health care facilities to the provision of such services primarily through VA facilities. Directs the Administrator, for administrative workload management purposes, to obtain from each veteran receiving readjustment counseling services such veteran's social security number.

United States Court of Military Appeals Improvements Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

United States Court of Military Appeals Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends general military law under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to revise provisions relating to the establishment and operation of the United States Court of Military Appeals (the Court). Establishes the Court under Article III of the U.S. Constitution (currently established under Article I), and allows judges appointed to the Court to hold office during good behavior (currently, such appointment is limited to 15 years). Directs the Chief Justice of the United States (currently, the President) to designate a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals to sit as a judge of the Court in place of a temporarily absent judge of the Court. Authorizes the Chief Justice to designate a judge to replace a judge on the Court who has excused himself from hearing a certain case. Directs that a judge of the Court shall be eligible to take senior status under the same terms and conditions as apply to a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and shall be eligible to sit from time to time as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals as designated by the Chief Justice of the United States. Authorizes the Court to accept facilities and support furnished by the Department of Defense, directing the Secretary of Defense to furnish such support as requested by the Chief Judge of the Court. Exempts judges of the Court from payroll deductions for Federal retirement pay. Clarifies (by way of technical changes) that judges of the Court are to be considered Federal employees for purposes of other Federal retirement provisions. Urges and requests the President to nominate for appointment as judge of the Court each judge who is currently serving as judge on such Court. Authorizes each judge who is currently receiving retired pay from service on the Court to continue to receive such pay under current Federal law.

A bill to prohibit the export of defense or defense-related goods by persons using the services of trading companies that have violated export controls promulgated by the Coordinating Committee.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to disapprove the application of a person for a license to export military goods or technology to a controlled country under the Export Administration Act of 1979 if: (1) the export of such items involves a trading company that the Secretary has found to have violated the laws of a country to control exports for national security reasons pursuant to the agreement of the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls; and (2) such violation by the trading company has resulted in enhancement of Soviet and East bloc military capabilities. Requires the President to disapprove any proposed sale of military goods or technology under the Arms Export Control Act if similar conditions exist.

Montgomery GI Bill Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Montgomery GI Bill Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to revise the amount of the monthly deduction to be taken from the basic pay of a member of the armed forces who does not make an election not to participate in the armed forces basic educational assistance program (thereby, in effect, electing to participate in such program). Provides the amount of such deduction as either $100 per month for 12 months or $60 per month for 20 months. Changes the time period in which an individual entering into active duty must decide whether to participate in such program from the time one first enters into active duty to a period established by the Secretary of the military department concerned, but not to exceed 60 days after the individual first enters into active duty. Makes identical changes (in both the monthly deductions and the time frame for making the election) for members of the Selected Reserve of the armed forces. Allows an individual who first elected not to participate in the program to still enroll in such program within the 60-day time limit. Adds a new chapter to Federal veterans' benefits provisions relating to the transfer of such educational assistance entitlements to the dependents of an individual in the armed forces. Provides that the Secretary of the military department concerned (the Secretary) may authorize a military member entitled to such basic educational assistance benefits to transfer to one or more of their dependents all or part of such member's assistance entitlement. Allows such transfer to be revoked by such individual at any time. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations for the administration of the transfer of such assistance between members and their dependents. Provides that a dependent to whom assistance is transferred is entitled to the same benefits as the former holder, except that such assistance may only be provided: (1) while the individual continues on active duty; or (2) upon the death, discharge for hardship or service-connected disability, or completion of 20 years of active duty by the individual. Outlines administrative provisions relating to the transfer of such assistance benefits to two or more eligible dependents. Requires the person to whom assistance is transferred to be a child or spouse of the member of the armed forces at the time when the benefits would otherwise be paid. Provides for the payment in compensation (rather than educational benefits) for an individual who was entitled to such benefits but has become so physically or mentally disabled that he or she is unable to utilize such assistance. Provides for payment (in a certain priority for estate purposes) to the living survivors of the remaining amount of educational assistance of an individual who dies before utilizing all of his or her entitled educational assistance.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that retired Army and Air Force reserve enlisted personnel be advanced in grade after 30 years of service to the highest grade satisfactorily held while on active duty.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Amends Federal armed forces provisions to require that retired Army and Air Force reserve enlisted personnel be advanced in grade after 30 years of service to the highest grade satisfactorily held while on active duty.

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions concerning administrative reorganizations within the Veterans Administration (VA) to disallow in any fiscal year the transfer or termination of 25 or more full-time equivalent employees providing readjustment counseling services, unless the Administrator of Veterans Affairs (the Administrator) first submits to appropriate congressional committees a report containing a detailed plan and justification for such reorganization. Expands the eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services (currently available only to Vietnam veterans) to include as eligible for such assistance any veteran or person who served on active-duty after May 7, 1975, in an area during a period in which hostilities occurred. Authorizes such services, upon request, to any veteran who served on active-duty during World War II or the Korean Conflict. Requires such assistance to include an assessment of whether the person or veteran has mental or psychological problems associated with such individual's active service. Directs that professional, paraprofessional, and lay personnel trained to provide readjustment counseling services for veterans, who complete two years of continuous employment in such training program, shall be converted by the Administrator to a career-conditional or career employment status within a specified period after the completion of such training. Directs the Administrator, no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees (the Veterans' Committees) a report on the implementation of such requirement. Prohibits any Vet Center in existence on July 1, 1987, from being closed or relocated unless the Chief Medical Director of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery (the Chief Medical Director): (1) determines that such closure or relocation will not adversely affect readjustment counseling services provided to eligible persons in the geographical area served by such Center; (2) in case of such a move, certifies to the Veterans' Committees in a detailed plan and justification that the average annual budget and personnel ceiling provided to such Center in each of the three fiscal years prior to such move will remain available to furnish readjustment counseling services for three full fiscal years following such move; (3) certifies in such plan that the number of personnel affected by such closure or move, together with the number of personnel affected by all other closures or moves or administrative reorganizations within the VA, will total 25 or fewer full-time equivalent employees within the same fiscal year; and (4) provides the Veterans' Committees, at least 60 days prior to any such closure or move, a detailed plan and justification which has given full consideration to certain specified factors, including the distribution of veterans in areas served by such Centers, distances required for travel to such centers, acceptability to personnel of such closures, and the availability of other entities to provide such services. Extends until April 1, 1988, the due date of a report from the Administrator to the Veterans' Committees on the effectiveness of providing sufficient readjustment counseling services to Vietnam-era veterans. Authorizes the Vet Centers, in addition to providing readjustment counseling services, to provide other assistance (such as benefits application assistance) that the Administrator is authorized to furnish to such veterans. Defines "Vet Centers" as facilities operated by the VA and situated apart from VA general health-care facilities. Amends the Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1983 to extend until October 1, 1987, the due date of a report from the Administrator to the Veterans' Committees concerning a study of post-traumatic stress disorder and other post-war psychological problems experienced by Vietnam veterans.

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the equitable distribution among members of the Western Alliance of the defense burden in the Persian Gulf.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should request that West Germany and Japan enter into negotiations with the United States for the purpose of establishing a more equitable distribution of the defense burden in the Persian Gulf. Specifies that an equitable level of assistance for West Germany and Japan should be not less than: (1) a contribution to the total forces necessary to defend the interests of the Western Alliance in the Persian Gulf region of 30 percent and eight percent of such total for Japan and West Germany, respectively; or (2) a comparable level of monetary compensation to the United States for this Nation's additional costs of assuming an inequitably large share of the defense burden in the Persian Gulf.

Defense Contractor Profits Review Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Defense Contractor Profits Review Act - States as a policy of the Congress that firms contracting with the Federal Government to provide goods and services for the national defense should receive a reasonable profit, and that such goods and services should be procured in an economical and effective manner. States as a purpose of this Act to provide the Federal Government with the information needed to determine the reasonableness of defense contractor profits. Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to outline action to be taken by the head of a defense agency if it is determined that a defense contractor has made excessive profits. Requires such agency head to first give such defense contractor 45 days to respond before making a determination that such contractor made excessive profits. Requires any defense contractor covered under this Act, no later than 120 days after the end of such contractor's annual financial reporting period, to provide the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) with a profits information report. Requires such profits information report to include specified information and also to distinguish between such contractor's business with the Federal Government and such contractor's other business. Requires the DCAA to review each such report in order to determine if any contractor has made excessive profits. States that the head of an agency and the DCAA shall have access to all information of a defense contractor that is required in order to make such determinations. Requires the confidentiality of any such information received. Authorizes review of such information by the Comptroller General, as well as access to any such information. Directs the head of an agency to require that compliance with such information disclosure provisions is a condition of each contract entered into between such agency and a defense contractor. Requires the head of the agency, at least once every three years, to conduct a study of profits made by defense contractors under contracts made with such agency, including a comparison of the profits made by such contractor from defense agencies as compared to profits made by such contractor from other businesses. Directs the head of the agency, no later than December 31 annually, to report to the President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General concerning any such profit studies. Directs the head of the agency to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Defines terms as used under this Act, and requires such regulations to be prescribed no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act.

A bill to authorize the President to award a Congressional Medal of Honor in honor of Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood in recognition of the heroic service rendered by Lieutenant Gatewood in connection with the surrender of Geronimo in the fall of 1886.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Authorizes the President to award a Congressional Medal of Honor in honor of Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, in recognition of services rendered by Lieutenant Gatewood in connection with the surrender of the Apache leader Geronimo in the fall of 1886. Directs the President to present the medal, if awarded, to a named descendant of Lieutenant Gatewood.

A bill to allow a speed limit of 65 miles per hour on highways not on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways which meet the construction standards applicable to highways on the System.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal law regarding speed limits to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to approve Federal funding for highway projects in States with a speed limit of 65 miles per hour on specified highways which are located: (1) outside an urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000; and (2) on the Interstate System or constructed to Interstate System standards.

Defense Intelligence Commercial Entities Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Defense Intelligence Commercial Entities Act - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to add a new section relating to intelligence commercial entities. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish and operate commercial entities to provide cover for foreign intelligence collection activities of the Department of Defense (DOD). Prohibits an intelligence commercial entity established under this Act from operating for a period in excess of two years, unless renewed by the Secretary for additional two-year periods. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing an intelligence commercial entity unless: (1) the Attorney General and the Director of Central Intelligence concur; and (2) the Secretary certifies in writing that the operation of such an entity is essential to an authorized foreign intelligence collection activity of DOD. Provides the Secretary with administrative support and with authority for the use and disposition of funds for such operation. Requires the establishment, operation, and termination of such a commercial entity to be carried out in accordance with prevailing commercial practices. Specifically limits the activities of such intelligence commercial entities. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to implement these provisions. Outlines provisions to be included in such regulations, relating to the oversight, accountability, and coordination of intelligence commercial entities within the executive branch. Directs the Inspector General of DOD, at least annually, to conduct a review and audit of activities taken under this Act, and report on such activities to the Secretary and the Senate and House Intelligence Committees. Provides that commercial entities established pursuant to this Act are instrumentalities of the United States, and subject only to Federal law. Authorizes such an intelligence commercial entity to engage in conduct which appears to be in compliance with State law, if the Secretary certifies in writing that to do so is necessary for specified reasons relating to the protection of intelligence sources and information. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate the authorities provided in this Act only to the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

A bill to amend chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, with respect to the Montgomery GI Bill.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions concerning the basic educational assistance program for active-duty and reserve members of the armed forces to require an individual to choose whether or not to participate in such program at the close of such individual's basic training period. (Currently, such decision is required to be made at the time the individual enters into active duty as a member of the active or reserve forces.) Revises provisions concerning the amount of monthly basic pay to be deducted from the pay of an individual who chooses to participate in the basic educational assistance program to allow deductions over a 24-month period. Authorizes a member of the armed forces who is entitled to such basic educational assistance to transfer to one or more of such member's dependents all or any part of such member's entitlement to such assistance. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned and the Administrator to prescribe regulations concerning the transfer of such member's basic educational assistance entitlement. Provides such assistance to the person to whom such entitlement is transferred under the same terms and conditions as apply to the member, except that such assistance may only be provided: (1) while the member originally entitled to such assistance continues on active duty; or (2) upon the death, discharge, or completion of active duty by the member originally entitled to such assistance. Prohibits such assistance from being transferred to an individual other than a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of the member originally entitled to such assistance.

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish standards, based on recommendations of an advisory committee established by the Secretary, for inventory accounting systems used by Department of Defense contractors, and to require defense contractors to certify compliance with such standards.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to establish standards for inventory accounting systems used by contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD), giving due considerations to the advisory committee established under this Act. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations on the standards required to be established by the Secretary earlier under this Act. Requires the advisory committee to develop recommendations on minimum standards for the acceptability of inventory accounting systems, addressing specified inventory and accounting questions. Directs the Secretary, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a report describing the recommendations of the advisory committee and the actions taken by the Secretary on the recommendations. Directs the Secretary to require defense contractors to certify, within 180 days after the establishment of the above-described standards, that their inventory accounting systems are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, with the standard adopted under this Act, and with the contractor's disclosed accounting practices.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain additional medical services for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide medical services to a veteran (and, if necessary, to a veteran's spouse) to the extent necessary to overcome the effects of a service-connected disability of the veteran which impairs or prevents the ability of the veteran and his or her spouse to conceive a child. Excludes certain procedures and services from those permitted as part of such medical services provided (such as artificial insemination and the use of surrogate mothers).

A bill to establish certain requirements relating to the identification, treatment, and prevention of child abuse on military installations.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) to develop a plan for the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child abuse on military installations. Requires such plan to be revised not less than one year after its initial development and not less than once every three years thereafter. Requires each plan developed, as well as each update, to be submitted to the Congress. Outlines features to be included in the plan developed under this Act, including the training of appropriate personnel on military installations in the detection, investigation, and treatment of child abuse on such installations. Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate agencies in developing such plan. Directs the Secretary to establish a task force to make recommendations to the Secretary concerning coordination and integration of services pertaining to the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child abuse in order to maximize available resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a child protection team for each military installation to provide, on a 24-hour-a-day basis, specialized diagnostic assessment, evaluation, consultation, and other supportive services as specified. Requires a child protection team for a military installation to begin an investigation of each report of child abuse on such installation within 24 hours of the time such report is received. Requires such team to begin such an investigation immediately if it appears from the report that: (1) the family concerned may flee; (2) the child will be endangered; (3) the child will be unavailable for purposes of conducting the investigation; or (4) the facts otherwise so warrant. Requires each team, in conducting such an investigation, to: (1) determine the composition of the family or household; (2) determine whether there is any indication that any child in the family or household is abused; (3) determine the immediate and long-term risk to each child if the child remains in the existing home environment; (4) determine the protective treatment and services necessary to safeguard and ensure the child's well-being and development; and (5) whenever possible, seek to interview the child concerned in a neutral setting, other than where the abuse occurred. Directs each such child protection team, within three days of receiving a child abuse report, to submit a report of child abuse to the commanding officer of the military installation involved. Directs the Secretary to designate an appropriate officer at each military installation for purposes of taking a child into protective custody, without the consent of the parents or legal guardians, if the circumstances are such that continuing the child in the child's place of residence presents an imminent danger to the child in the child's place of residence, or when circumstances indicate the need for a medical examination. Authorizes a child to be kept under such protective custody until the next regular session of the appropriate court or tribunal, or for as long as ordered by such court or tribunal. Requires any officer who takes such a child to immediately notify the commanding officer of such installation that he or she has done so. Requires such commanding officer to then: (1) initiate an investigation by the child protection team for the military installation; and (2) make every reasonable effort to notify the parents or legal guardians of the child that the child has been taken into protective custody. Requires a commanding officer to similarly notify such parents or legal guardians in the case of institutional child abuse in an institution on a military installation. Presumes a child under the age of 13 to be competent as a witness for purposes of an investigation into an offense allegedly committed against such child.

Department of Defense Cost Savings Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Department of Defense Cost Savings Act of 1987 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of any military department from operating or allowing a commissary store to be operated on any military installation unless: (1) such installation is located outside a metropolitan area; and (2) not more than one retail store offering the same food supplies as those of the commissary is located within ten miles of the installation. Requires, before the closure or realignment of any military bases occurs, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned to file with the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a concise statement of findings, together with a succinct justification for such action. Reduces from 60 to 30 days the waiting period required after such reports are submitted before any specific closure action may be taken. Maintains the 60-day waiting period with respect to closures in areas with a higher-than-average unemployment rate, or in the case where such closure or realignment would increase unemployment in an area by one percent or more.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that recipients of the Purple Heart award be considered compensably disabled veterans for purposes of veterans' preference in Federal civil service.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide that recipients of the Purple Heart award be considered compensably disabled veterans for purposes of the veterans' preference in Federal civil service employment.

A bill to amend chapter 42 of title 38, United States Code, with respect to the definition of disabled veteran.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal provisions relating to employment and training programs for Vietnam era veterans to redefine the term "disabled veteran" to mean any veteran who has a compensable service-connected disability under laws administered by the Veterans Administration, or a veteran whose discharge or release from active-duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to make direct low-interest loans to veterans eligible for specially adapted housing assistance.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make direct low-interest loans to veterans eligible for specially adapted housing assistance.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the delimiting date for spouses and surviving spouses eligible for benefits under chapter 35.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to eliminate the delimiting period after which spouses and surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans are no longer entitled to survivors' and dependents' educational assistance under laws administered by the Veterans Administration.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for funeral expenses to veterans of any war who were recipients of the Purple Heart award.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to extend burial and funeral expenses benefits to any veteran who was a Purple Heart award recipient.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a presumption of service connection for the condition of non-Hodgkins lymphoma arising in veterans who were exposed to the chemical defoliant known as Agent Orange during service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide a presumption of service-connection for the condition of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (if manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after service) arising in veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam during the Vietnam era.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to dependent parents of deceased veterans in the case of parents who are permanently housebound.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide an increase in the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to dependent parents of deceased veterans when such parent is permanently housebound. Defines "permanently housebound" as substantially confined to the parent's home by reason of a disability or disabilities which is (are) reasonably certain to remain throughout the parent's lifetime.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to the implementation of section 2014 of such title.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the Office of Personnel Management to require Federal agencies to state in monthly reports the reasons why any qualified disabled veteran who was listed on the employment referral list and included among the better qualified candidates was not selected for employment or promotion during that month.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend educational assistance benefits to dependents of veterans with service-connected disability of 80 percent or more.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' educational assistance provisions to extend educational assistance benefits to dependents of veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 80 percent or more (currently, 100 percent).

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the maximum rate of basic pay payable to civilian faculty members at the United States Naval Academy.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1987

Exempts the civilian faculty at the United States Naval Academy from Federal employee pay limitations.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1987

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to obtain commercial life insurance at a standard rate because of service-connected disabilities. Establishes guidelines for such insurance regarding: (1) amount of insurance; (2) premium rates; (3) payment of insurance; and (4) policy provisions.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from 10 years to five years the period of continuous total service-connected disability of a veteran immediately preceding death required for purposes of entitlement of the veteran's surviving spouse to so-called presumptive dependency and indemnity compensation.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to reduce from ten to five years the period of continuous total service-connected disability of a veteran immediately preceding death required in order to entitle such veteran's surviving spouse to the continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation benefit payments.